Category Archives: Satan

Sunday, June 6, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’ As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.”
(Jeremiah 2:25-26)

I don’t have to sin, Jesus!

No matter how many times I’ve caved in to Satan’s temptation

Your power is still mine

to say NO!

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Matthew 4:1-11; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41; Luke 22:40; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Timothy 6:9; Titus 2:11-14

Sunday, February 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
(Genesis 3:15)

No truer words have ever been spoken, Jesus.

Most of us hate snakes – and for good reason!

Snakes bite more than five million people every year

resulting in well over 300,000 amputations or disabilities
and more than 100,000 deaths –

which doesn’t begin to compare to the spiritual damage

caused by the enemy of our souls.

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Psalms 91:13; Psalms 140:3; Isaiah 27:1; 2 Corinthians 11:3; James 4:4; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 12:14-15; Revelation 20:2

Saturday, January 30, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered recognition:

“In the last times there will be scoffers…”
(Jude 1:17)

As long as Satan has been doing his dirty work, Jesus

there have been scoffers –

ugly-spirited, detestable people who ridicule truth
who jeer, mock and treat with contempt
those who trust in Your Name.

But in the last times, their numbers will multiply.

They will be found everywhere –

in the streets, universities, entertainment, marketplace
in the highest offices of the land.

Just guessing…

but we might be in the last times.

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2 Chronicles 36:16; Acts 13:41; 2 Timothy 3:1; Hebrews 1:2; James 5:3; 1 Peter 1:19-21; 2 Peter 3:3

Monday, October 5, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“The woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’”
(Genesis 3:13)

Who among us cannot identify with those words, Jesus?

Not one.

Every human being on earth old enough to know right from wrong

knows what it is to be deceived by Satan
and to give in to temptation.

I’d do well to remember that my soul has an enemy and a name:

Satan!

So that in the strength of Your superior Name

I can tell him:

“NO!”

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1 Chronicles 21:1; Proverbs 20:9; John 10:29; Romans 3:23; James 3:2; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:9

Thursday, September 24, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“…mighty are those who obey his command.”
(Joel 2:11)

I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, Jesus

but it doesn’t take a genius to grasp this marvelous truth:

If I want to be mighty
I’ve got to obey You!

Why would I want to be mighty?

Because that’s what it takes
to accomplish what You’ve called me to do.

Because that’s what I need
to be able to thwart Satan’s every malicious attack.

Mighty God!

Help me obey!

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Genesis 10:8-9; Exodus 6:1; Psalms 50:1; Matthew 26:64; Luke 1:49; Romans 2:13; Hebrews 5:9

Saturday, July 18, 2020

 

Be filled with confidence, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.”
(Revelation 2:12)

The members of Your church in Pergamum –

now the city of Bergama, Turkey –

had to hear these words with great joy, Jesus!

Back then, it was a powerful, rich city in Mysia, Greece –

where Satan had his throne.

You were reminding these stalwart followers of Yours

of the same thing You’re telling me:

I will protect you!

Great God!

Wield Your double-edged sword
against the enemy of my soul.

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Judges 3:16; Psalms 149:6; Ephesians 6:10-18; Hebrews 4:12; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 1:16

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

 

Be on your guard, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…we are not unaware of [Satan’s] schemes.”
(2 Corinthians 2:11)

Paul wasn’t, Jesus

but too often, I am.

I forget that my struggle is not against flesh and blood

but against the rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world
and spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Holy Spirit! Remind me to put on the full armor of God

so that when the day of evil comes
I’ll be able to stand my ground
and after I’ve done everything

to stand.

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John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Ephesians 6:10-18; James 4:7-10; 1 Peter 5:8-9; Revelation 12: 10-12; Revelation 20:10

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

 

Humbly pray this Lazaroo:

“…she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
(Genesis 3:12)

Adam blew right past his own responsibility, didn’t he, Jesus?

He acted like he had no choice:

Since his wife handed him the fruit, he had to eat it.

How lame.

It doesn’t matter who Satan uses to tempt me, LORD –

even the most precious person in the world to me!

If you say, “No!” then that’s got to be my answer to them:

“No!”

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1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 6:1; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 11:24-26; James 1:13-14

Sunday, April 5, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in prioritized humility:

“…I have forgiven…in order that Satan might not outwit us.”
(2 Corinthians 2:10-11)

When the sin against me is small, Jesus

forgiveness isn’t too tough.

I can shrug it off, chalk it up to…

“Nobody’s perfect. Everybody makes mistakes.”

But when someone betrays me, deliberately stabs me in the back

I really struggle to let it go.

Satan knows that. After all, he’s the original backstabber.

I need Your help, Father!

so that Satan doesn’t have the last laugh.

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Genesis 50:7; Psalms 130:4; Matthew 6:12-15; Luke 6:37; Luke 17:3; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13

Monday, December 23, 2019

 

Be forewarned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up.”
(2 Peter 2:3)

A made-up story can be enjoyable, Jesus –

as a fairy tale told to children
when a gifted novelist spins an intriguing adventure.

But when made-up stories are used to manipulate Your people and lead them astray

they’re not entertainment.
They’re a lie.

Satan is the father of lies.

His every intent is to steer people away from the truth

that always points to You.

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Psalms 63:11; Psalms 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; Micah 2:11; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 John 4:20; John 8:44; Revelation 21:8